Murder victim ID'd as Temple University college student

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Temple University student was fatally shot during a fight that broke out at an off-campus party early on New Year's Day, and a suspect has been arrested, authorities said Friday.

The shooting happened around 3:40 a.m. Tuesday at an apartment a few blocks from Temple's medical school in north Philadelphia. Stephen Johnson, 23, was shot in the chest and later died at a hospital, according to police. Temple spokesman Ray Betzner said Johnson was a senior at the business school.

A second victim was also shot and is in critical condition, and a third person was also injured after she jumped from a second-floor window, said Officer Christine O'Brien, a police spokeswoman. Neither is a Temple student.

Lawrence Jeffries, 22, of suburban Glenside, has been charged with murder and related counts, O'Brien said. A message left with a person who answered the phone at his home was not immediately returned and it couldn't be determined if he had an attorney.

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Investigators and school officials didn't know what started the fatal argument.

Temple has about 35,000 students and its main campus is in north Philadelphia.